The Purchased Possession

Ephesians 1:14 — Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.

Matthew 13:44-46 — Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field. 45 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls: 46 Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.

We are His By Promise, By Price, By Power

I. We are His By Promise   “our inheritance”     “heirs”

1 John 2:25 And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life.

1 John 5:11 And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son

Eph 3:6 That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:

Ro 12:5 So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.

1 Co 10:17 For we being many are one bread, and one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread.

1Co 12:27 ¶ Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.

Eph 1:23 Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.

Eph 5:30 For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones

Joh 17:22 And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one:

John 20:17 Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.

Romans 8:14 — For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.

Romans 8:17 ¶ And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.

Romans 8:29 — For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.

Romans 8:30 — Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.

2 Timothy 1:9 — Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,

1 Peter 2:9 — But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

1 John 3:2 — Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is

• Romans 8:15; Galatians 5:26; 2 Peter 1:4-11

II. We are His By the Price of His own Blood

Ephesians 1:7 — In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;

Ephesians 1:14 — Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.

Mt 13:46 Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.

Ac 20:28 Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.

1Co 6:20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.

1 Corinthians 7:23 Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men.

1 Peter 1:18,19 — Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; 19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:

Ga 4:1 Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all;

 2 But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father.

 3 Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world:

 4 But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,

 5 To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.

 6 And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.

 7 Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.

1Ti 2:6 Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.

Ro 5:6 ¶ For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.

Titus 2:14 Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.

1Cor 1:6 Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you:

1Co 1:30 But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:

III. We are His By The Power of God

John 1:12 But…power to become the sons of God&hellip

Luke 24:49 And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high.

Acts 1:8 But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.

1 Corinthians 1:18 For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.

1 Corinthians 2:1 ¶ And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God.

1 Corinthians 6:14 — And God hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us by his own power.

2 Corinthians 6:7 — By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,

1 Timothy 6:15 — Which in his times he shall shew, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords;

Luke 1:52 — He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree.

1 Peter 1:5 — Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

PROMISE - Abram Genesis 13:15; 26:2-4  “Unto thy seed”

Genesis 12:6 — And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.7 And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him.>

PRICE - Ge 23:16;; Ac 7:16; Jos 24:32

Genesis 33:19 — And he bought a parcel of a field, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem's father, for an hundred pieces of money.

POWER - Jacob - John 4:5

Genesis 48:22 — Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.